Surgery As a Trigger for Incident Venous Thromboembolism: Results from a Population-Based Case-Crossover Study

Dana Meknas; Sigrid K. Brækkan; John-Bjarne Hansen; Vânia M. Morelli

doi:10.1055/a-2159-9957

TH Open (Jul 2023)

Surgery As a Trigger for Incident Venous Thromboembolism: Results from a Population-Based Case-Crossover Study

Dana Meknas,
Sigrid K. Brækkan,
John-Bjarne Hansen,
Vânia M. Morelli

Affiliations

Dana Meknas: Department of Clinical Medicine, Thrombosis Research Group, UiT—The Arctic University of Norway, Tromsø, Norway
Sigrid K. Brækkan: Department of Clinical Medicine, Thrombosis Research Group, UiT—The Arctic University of Norway, Tromsø, Norway
John-Bjarne Hansen: Department of Clinical Medicine, Thrombosis Research Group, UiT—The Arctic University of Norway, Tromsø, Norway
Vânia M. Morelli: Department of Clinical Medicine, Thrombosis Research Group, UiT—The Arctic University of Norway, Tromsø, Norway

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1055/a-2159-9957
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 07, no. 03
pp. e244 – e250

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Background Surgery is a major transient risk factor for venous thromboembolism (VTE). However, the impact of major surgery as a VTE trigger has been scarcely investigated using a case-crossover design.

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ISSN: 2512-9465 (Online)
Publisher: Georg Thieme Verlag KG
Country of publisher: Germany
LCC subjects: Medicine: Internal medicine: Specialties of internal medicine: Diseases of the circulatory (Cardiovascular) system
Website: https://doi.org/10.1055/s-00033990

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